Monday, August 7, 2006

My mom is the queen of yard sales. She can find anything. I asked her to keep an eye out for the 1969 Betty Crocker's Cookbook she used when I was growing up and she found one... plus these other cookbooks.

Of course I left the one I really wanted... the big red 1969 version at my parents' house so I only have these four to use 'til I go home again.

I actually collect oookbooks of this era and am envious of the cake and frosting mix one, that has got to have some fun recipes in it. I have a party recipe book from this set that is pretty sweet with some fun cakes.

My mother is a baker, by profession. I grew up looking at her cookbooks, and as I child, I LOVED the Cake & Frosting Mix cookbook! I wore it out looking at the pictures which aggravated my mom to no end! So, for a surprise about 3 years ago, I found her 2 copies of it. She could finally throw away the pages she had saved all these years (the cover & spine of the book were long gone.) She was kind enough to give me the extra one!

the Betty Crocker cook book gave me flashbacks too! I loved lying on the kitchen floor and flipping through the book. I usually skipped the meats and veggies and concentrated on the desserts and candies.

My wedding cake was an exact replica of one that our cake baker found in a 1960s Betty Crocker cookbook. It was by far the nicest of the cake designs that we were able to choose from. *(No gelatin was used in the making of the cake!)

It's funny that you mentioned these books as I have been very into them lately. I have been picking them up at library book sales, thrift stores, and yard sales for the past year. Just today I got about 30 of them for $4. They are very entertaining. I started cutting up my duplicates last week and making greeting cards along with colorful scrapbook paper, sequins, and rick-rack. They were a big hit at the Farmer's Market last weekend. They got a lot of laughs and I sold quite a few. Fun stuff! Also, we always had the 1969 version of the Betty Crocker in my house.

I hope you can help me.. my Mom has the 1961 Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook... I've used the "Jewish Challah Braid" recipe from page 106 since I was 12..however.. this yr I needed the exact recipe and pages 102-106 are missing.. can anyone help.. I would love to have this recipe again.. it is simply the best tasting bread ....ever!!!thanks